6. Supply the appropriate form of the participles for the following sentences. The first one has been done as an example.

1. I rowed in the dark keeping (to keep) the wind in my face.

2. Pete spotted his car (to park) in the corner against the wall of the house.

3. All suitcases (to pack), there was nothing to do.

4. While waiting for a flight and without ever leaving the terminal, a visitor could have his hair (to cut), suit (to press) and shoes (to shine).

5. (Not to have) a ticket, I wasn’t able to get on the train yesterday.

6. (To leave) the motorway, we noticed an overturned truck on the verge.

7. (To pass) my driving test, I was able to buy my first car.

8. We saw her plane (to come in) to land.

9. (Not to have) a visa, Dave can’t travel to the USA.

10. (To restore) by experts, the old house regained its former glory and became the main tourist attraction of this small town.

7. Join each of the following pairs of sentences, using either a present participle (e.g. knowing), a past participle (e.g. known), or a perfect participle (e.g. having known). The first phrase has been done for you.

1. He got off his bike. He began searching for something on the ground. – Getting off his bike, he began searching for something on the ground.

2. I had seen pictures of this place in the travel brochure. I had no desire to go there.

3. He realised that he had missed the last train. He began to walk.

4. I had heard that the caves were dangerous. I didn’t like to go any further without a light.

5. We were soaked to the skin. We eventually reached the station.

6. She asked the porter to help her. She realised that she couldn’t move her suitcase alone.

7. He offered to show us the way to the nearest bus stop. He thought we were lost.

8. The guide refused to continue. He was infuriated be the tourists’ constant interruptions.

9. She became tired of my complaints about the hotel. She changed it.

10. She didn’t want to hear the story about his journey again. She had heard it before.

Vocabulary practice

8. A) Do the crossword ‘Travelling by train’.

Across: 1. A set of several carriages connected to each other and pulled along a railway line by an engine.

1. One of the separate areas into which a train is divided.

2. Sheets and covers you get in a train to put on your berth.

3. A place for someone to sleep on a train.

4. A kind of railway carriage where you can sleep.

5. One of the parts of a train where passengers sit.

6. The two metal lines along which trains travel.

7. A piece of paper which shows that you have paid for traveling.

8. Someone whose job is to carry people’s bags at railway stations.

Down: 1. Someone who drives a train.

2. The official information given at the railway station through loudspeaker.

3. A car in the train where you can eat and drink.

4. A list of the times at which trains arrive and leave.

5. A shelf in a car where passengers put their luggage.

6. A long narrow passage on a train.

7. A place in a compartment where you can sit having a ticket.

8. the raised place beside a railway track where trains pull in and out.

9. A room at a railway station where you can leave your things to keep them safe.

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b) Prepare your own puzzle (at least 10 words) on the topic “Travelling” using a dictionary.

9. Fill each gap in this text with suitable words or word-combinations from the box.

A well-established way of life; wholly seasonal; destruction; mass tourism; over-developed tourist regions; sights; pick fights; single contribution; ancient monument; income;

Tourism today is an industry which has grown so much in recent years that in many countries it provides the greatest (1) ______________ to the country’s revenue. But is it always a good thing? (2) _____________, which is a relatively recent phenomenon, brings with it a whole raft of problems.

First, it means that a country’s economy may rely on an industry which is (3) ________________, when a lot of people who work in tourism during the season have no (4) _________ during the rest of the year.

Second, it is true that in many countries tourists are destroying the very (5) _________ they flock to see. They take home pieces of an (6) _________________ or of a coral reef, which will gradually result in erosion of the attractions and therefore of the industry. While this kind of (7) ______________ may be wholly unintentional, a certain type of tourist can be very destructive in a different way: they drink too much, (8) _______________ and destroy the clubs and bars which they are drinking in.

Finally, there many of places in which tourism is threatening a (9) ________________: people whose livelihoods traditionally come from agriculture or fishing, are finding new jobs and wealth in the (10) ___________________, but at what cost? It is sometimes difficult to understand exactly what a country gains from tourism.